{"id":279367,"date":"2019-06-17T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?guid=fdf320aa5b6c090ab8a78aa76f3899ca"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:16:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:16:34","slug":"reuters-said-ethiopia-would-split-ethio-telecom-into-two-businesses-before-privatisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/279367","title":{"rendered":"Reuters said Ethiopia would split Ethio Telecom into two businesses before privatisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 17 June 2019 Reuters reported that Ethiopia would split its state telecom provider into two businesses before privatisation, according to state-affiliated media, as a key part of the government\u2019s plan to open the sector.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-468257\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ethiopias-Banking-Sector-Faces-Challenges-in-Welcoming-Foreign-Investment.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Reuters said Ethiopia would split Ethio Telecom into two businesses before privatisation\" \/>\n<p>The split talk followed parliament\u2019s telecom investment law and earlier licence-timeline reports, and it framed corporate restructuring as a step before selling stakes or admitting new operators.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as telecom-reform archive, the Reuters report dates the mid-2019 plan to divide Ethio Telecom ahead of privatisation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/ethiopia-telecoms\/ethiopia-to-split-state-telecoms-provider-into-two-before-privatisation-idUSL8N23O53Q\">Reuters<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopia to split state telecoms provider into two before privatisation&nbsp;&nbsp;ReutersEthiopia will split its state telecoms provider into two businesses before it is privatised, state-affiliated media reported on Monday, a key part of the governme&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":468257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ethiopias-Banking-Sector-Faces-Challenges-in-Welcoming-Foreign-Investment.jpg?fit=1280%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1aFV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279367"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755243,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279367\/revisions\/755243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}